Regarding my previous email (in which I may have inadvertently contradicted Mike!), please defer to his views on this over mine.
Richard On 10 January 2012 21:16, Michael Peel <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > As a WMUK trustee, I'm finding this whole issue to be a serious dilemma. > I'm deeply committed to the 'open to all to participate and contribute' > philosophy for all of our activities, and find it very saddening that the > WMUK board has been put in the position where we have to ban someone from > the events we support in order for others to be able to attend them without > having to be concerned about their privacy. I don't think this needs > saying, but I'll say it anyway to make it absolutely clear: this was not an > easy decision, nor was it a rushed one (or a 'panic measure' as was earlier > suggested). A lot of thought and discussion went into this (and sadly, that > thought and discussion would have otherwise been invested in our charitable > activities). > > As one of the moderators of this list, I am very reticent to block Edward > from posting here, so long as Edward's posts remain civil, logical, and > without malice. This is a public mailing list, so there are no privacy > concerns here. If you don't want to engage in this discussion, then please > simply don't reply to it. > > In terms of the appeal procedure: if privacy concerns allow, then I would > much prefer that if such a process takes place, that it takes place in > public - either on this list or on the WMUK wiki (although Edward is banned > from editing most of the WMUK wiki, he is not blocked from his user talk > page so an appeal could take place there). If it can't be public due to > those privacy concerns, then I would prefer if an uninvolved, neutral > community member would step forward to be the adjudicator, to avoid any > suggestion of prejudice. > > Thanks, > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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